The libraries of the future are still about equitable __________ for our communities and our customers. However, what we do know is that we now have a 10% __________ from traditional print material into the electronic world. So we’ve got to move to more digital faster. But that requires a balance: we’re not throwing out the print, but we need to __________ to work within this __________. It’s a really exciting time to be a librarian, as we adapt to this changing way our customers are using information.

Tip 1Address the cover letter to a ______ person, generally the person in charge of the department you’re applying to or the ______ in charge of the interview.

Tip 2Avoid simply repeating the information in your résumé. Instead, use your cover letter to introduce and highlight your ______, curiosity, and your ______ in the field you’re applying to work in.

Tip 3Keep it short, simple and ______, definitely no more than one page, and probably closer to half a page; three paragraphs should do the trick. Resist the ______ to ramble on, and instead ______ right into the interesting parts.

Teaching people to write is extremely _____ _____. Marking a good essay is easy, but in a bad essay, the words are wrong, the phrases are wrong, the sentences are wrong, the sentence _____ is wrong, the paragraphs aren’t _____, and the whole thing _____ no sense. Students should learn to write well because there is no _____ between writing and thinking. Thinking makes you _____ effectively in the world and win the battles you _____.

Student AUniversity lectures involve everyone on a course ______ up and receiving information from one of the ______ about a particular topic. Seminars, on the other hand, are ______ group meetings in which students discuss in detail the ______ of ideas that they heard about in a lecture.

Student BA university timetable will consist of a ______ of lectures and seminars. The number of people in lectures can ______ depending on the course. For my course we have about 400 people in a big lecture ______. The number of people attending a small-group seminar ______ between 10 and 20.

The speaker ______ the lives of 5000 people as they attempted to achieve their New Year's resolutions. 10% of the people were successful, and they all followed five simple ______. First, they broke their goal into a ______ of smaller steps. Second, they told friends and family what they were trying to achieve. Third, they regularly ______ themselves about the benefits of obtaining their goal. Fourth, they gave themselves a small ______ each time they obtained one of their small steps. Finally, they ______ ______ their progress, so they knew exactly where they were.

Watch the following talk about a very interesting idea, then fill the gaps in the summary below.

...Fill each gap with just one word:

The large number of ______ places around the world hold huge economic ______. The speaker’s new addressing system doesn’t rely on GPS coordinates, which are too ______. Instead, it divides the world into around 57 trillion three-metre squares. Each square is named ______ with just three words. The system uses 40,000 words, and it is currently available in ______ different languages. Three-word addresses are now being used by hospitals, postal services, the UN, and even ______ delivery drivers.

Both anthropologists and archaeologists study the way people live together. Anthropologists study humans’ physical, social and ______ development, and they ______ research by going to locations to ask questions and make ______.

Archaeologists study past societies through their material ______. They recover and examine evidence such as ruins, ______ and pottery in order to understand the history, customs and living ______ of earlier ______.

These scientists also examine aspects of living societies such as ______ differences, physical ______, music or religion. Their field is the wide ______ of human social experience.

Opening or switching a bank account can seem ______, so it’s important to start by thinking about why you need a bank account. You may need it in order to receive ______ or benefits, to pay ______ bills, to take money out of cash ______, or to make payments using a debit card.

Different types of accounts are available. Current accounts are good for ______ your day-to-day money. They allow you to go ______, so you’ll have to pass a credit check when you apply for one. If you go into the ______ you’ll have to pay fees and ______. Basic bank accounts are similar to current accounts, but they don’t let you go overdrawn.

Online translation tools seem to be an ______ ______ to human translators. However, there are many instances of these tools causing unintended ______ and disasters. Currently, translation technology is not sophisticated enough to cope with the grammatical subtleties of complex technical, legal or ______ documents. Machine translation tools may work for tasks like translating ______ between friends, but when money or reputations are at ______, it is safer to rely on professional human translators.

South Korea's LG Electronics is _____ on its new smart fridge becoming an essential component of kitchens around the world.

The smart fridge is a technological _____ compared to fridges of the past. It _____ a food management system that maintains a list of the food it is storing. It also records the expiry dates of the foods and sends out an alert _____ Wi-Fi when that date has been reached.

The information can be accessed via a _____ by consumers as they shop in grocery stores, allowing them to make informed decisions about food purchases. LG adds that its fridge can also suggest healthy _____ based on what it knows is inside.

The question "Why should I hire you?" gives you the opportunity to restate your _____ and summarise your other _____.

Your answer should be clear, concise and confident, and it should show how your _____ relates to your current needs and the problems of the position.

Make sure you address some key areas: First determine the company's _____. Next show how your skills and _____ support the company's needs. Finally, explain how your _____ match those given in the company's mission _____.

Students, when they’re applying, really need to reflect, pause for a moment and think what it is that _____ bringing to the course, and _____ they want to go with it. We want to see evidence that they do have some experience of thinking of telling stories visually. We don’t need to see a great deal; they shouldn’t panic about quantity, but they should reflect on what they have got that can show _____ talent and _____ creative ability. Ideally we would like to see moving image work, but if an applicant has not had the chance to do that, then _____ welcome to show us drawings, photographs, animations - any work that is thinking about telling stories over time.

For centuries people have been able to improve their lifespans through _____ changes. However, a recent study has found that the limits of _____ may have already been reached. It is believed that the maximum lifespan may have peaked around the year _____. Researchers concluded that humans can typically live for a maximum of _____ years, and that the absolute upper age limit is _____. They recommend that we make efforts to improve the _____ of life, rather than to extend life expectancy.

Now complete the summary below. Write one word in each space in the text.

Plagiarism refers to the copying of an author's language or ______. Teachers often find it easy to detect plagiarism because several students have copied a passage from the same ______. Also, students sometimes copy inappropriate information that is unrelated to the ______ of the assignment. Institutions may impose different ______ for plagiarism depending on how serious the case is. A student may be suspended or ______ if a whole piece of writing is found to be copied.